Complications related to the Nuss procedure: Minimizing risk with operative technique

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1044-1048

  Fallon, Sara C ^a   Slater, Bethany J ^a   Nuchtern, Jed G ^a   Cass, Darrell L ^a   Kim, Eugene S ^a   Lopez, Monica E ^a   Mazziotti, Mark V ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUSS PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FUNNEL CHEST; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84877956078     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.02.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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